leaks
RyanAir's toilet tax may not be the company's worst idea after all, as reader Geoffrey reminds us with this mockup showing several potential fees the budget Irish carrier may well be considering.
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porn
Yes, it needs to be said because flight attendants are worried that some people don't know not to watch porn while flying next to strangers. American Airlines flight attendants even want porn sites blocked on flights offering WiFi access.
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pointmaven
The makers of
MileMaven.com, a utility to compare
airline reward offers, have expanded their offerings to include
PointMaven.com, a utility to compare hotel reward offers. PointMaven displays offers from several conspicuously named hotel reward programs, including the Best Western Gold Crown Club, Choice Privileges, Hyatt Gold Passport, and Intercontinental Hotels Priority Club. Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest, and TripRewards are in beta testing, and compatibility with Hilton HHonors and Radisson Gold Points Plus is "coming soon."
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airline
Southwest Airlines raised fares as much as $10 each way over the Thanksgiving weekend. This will be the 5th price hike this year for the discount carrier. Southwest faces rising
fuel and labor costs that are only going to get worse.
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complaints
Unfortunately for us, Dave went through the airport yesterday. After a surly customs agent behaved in an uncouth, yet ironic (situationaly speaking) manner, he called customs to complain.
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pricehacks
Flyspy is a new search engine with the potential to revolutionize the way you shop for
airline tickets.
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airline
Does the glut of DRM drama have you reaching for the dramamine? As the
chart below illustrates, you're not crazy, lots and lots of people are talking about it. Here's a graph of DRM mentions over the past year by post count.
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airline
Underneath JetBlue
s friendly fa
ade it turns out they
ve got ways to penalize you for the inconvenience of your customer loyalty, with knife twists only a shoestring carrier could muster. After the Jaunted travel blog made several passes through the
TrueBlue
mile redemption phone system, as there's no online version, getting told by the phone system that call volume was too high and they should visit the website, waiting on hold for over thirty minutes, and speaking with multiple reps over two days, they wrenched out quite a few hidden details. Among them:
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airline
The Department of Transportation
s (DOT) released its scintillating
Air Travel Consumer Report,
revealing intriguing trends in the various ways airlines screwed up last year.
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Consumerist
lost luggage
30 sites to find cheap airline tickets. We've heard of most of these places but some are new to us. [Travelhacker]
